Tribal Observer Issue: January 1, 2006

A Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Caucus Committee clerk resigned from his position prior to the Dec. 15 special runoff election between District 1 candidates Lorna Call and Jeanette Leaureaux.

In a letter dated Dec. 6, 2004 [sic] to Tribal Council, Ronald G. Douglas stated he believed he made a mistake in agreeing to deliver the latest election protest due to Joan Myers’ physical limitations.

The second runoff election took place after Election Appeals Judge Vanya S. Hogen determined on Dec. 8 that “procedures for absentee voting are fairly applied so that preferential treatment is not given to one group of absentee voters.”